Dead spot

[Farrell]

Clever. I'll have to remember that one.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Dead spot


> >This may be such a basic question, but I have not heard it answered
before.
> >Regarding timing sustain, are we doing this in a very quiet room and
timing
> >until no trace of sound is heard - it seems to me the cut-off time might
> >tend to be a bit arbitrary. What general guidelines do you follow?
> >
> >Terry Farrell
>
> Yep, it's arbitrary. And I check with the dampers down in all cases. I
> notice that sustain is often tested with the dampers down before teardown,
> and up after stringing, demonstrating the difference rebuilding made.
>
> Ron N